The cold muzzle of the gun was pointed at his forehead. If he wasn't careful, in just a moment he would be reported directly to the King of Hell.
The reason why the deputy mine manager followed Sun Jianye and others to take risks was just for money. He wanted to make more money so that he could live a better life in the second half of his life.
But if I lose my life because of this, what good will it be no matter how much money I have?
all in all.
No matter what weight is on the other side of the scale, the life on this side is the most important.
Nothing is more important than life.
The deputy mine manager's legs went limp, and he could only hear a dripping sound beneath him. Lan Tian lowered his eyes and looked away with disgust. Being able to convince such a cowardly and weak person to take such a risky business showed how much profit he could get from it!
The deputy mine manager's voice trembled, "I'm telling you, comrade, put your gun down. If it goes off accidentally, you won't be able to save the people trapped under the collapsed coal mine. Comrade, put your gun down quickly..."
Lan Tian patted Zhou Sese's arm and gave Zhou Sese a look.
Zhou Sese bit her back teeth.
With both hands tightly gripping the butt of the gun, veins bulged on the back of his fair hands. After a few seconds, reason finally prevailed over emotion, and Zhou Sese slowly put down the gun in his hand.
The deputy mine manager finally gasped for breath, feeling relieved. "I said, Sun Jianye brought me some scrapped single-pressure liquid supports ahead of time, so... so I had them replace the normal single-pressure liquid supports under the coal mine with the scrapped ones. When the workers were mining, the slightest vibration would cause the scrapped single-pressure liquid supports to break, leaving nothing to support the weight of the coal mine, causing the mine to collapse. Besides... besides..."
He hesitated and refused to finish his words.
Zhou Sese grabbed the butt of the gun and knocked the deputy mine director hard on the forehead, "Hurry up and say it!"
The deputy mine manager, sweat already forming on his forehead, whispered, "I also tampered with the air compressor and water pump. Last night, I replaced the miners' lamps of the workers who went down to the mine with… used batteries. I feel so wronged. These things were all taught to me by Sun Jianye. This is all Sun Jianye's fault. I only followed his instructions. I know nothing…"
Lan Tian glanced at Li Feng, who nodded and immediately took control of the deputy mine manager.
Zhou Guosheng's lips turned blue with anger, but now was not the time to argue with the deputy mine director. Zhou Guosheng took the blueprint and studied it bit by bit, "If it is confirmed that what the deputy mine director said is true, the current rescue work must be interrupted and must be carried out from the back.
Because if the individual hydraulic supports under the coal mine haven't all broken, and we rescue from the entrance, the individual hydraulic supports will not be able to bear the weight and will all break. In that case, even if there are survivors, they will die due to the secondary collapse..."
Lan Tian nodded. "Engineer Zhou, don't worry. We'll all listen to you. What do you think we should do next?"
Zhou Guosheng felt like he had the responsibility of supporting many families on his shoulders. He couldn't breathe. "I..."
Zhou Sese patted Zhou Guosheng's shoulder gently. "Uncle Zhou, don't be stressed. It's better to use the knowledge you have learned throughout your life to point us in a rescue direction than to run around like a headless fly now. No matter what the final result is, you have tried your best and you will not let anyone down."
Zhou Guosheng's voice was a little choked, but Zhou Sese's words gave him endless courage, "Okay, then let's start from this direction..."
Lan Tian led a large force to follow Zhou Guosheng, obeyed the latter's command in everything, and began emergency rescue.
Turning around, he saw Zhou Sese. Lan Tian hurried over and said, "Sister-in-law, don't stay here. I promise you that I will rescue Lao Sheng."
Zhou Sese pursed her lips and refused to leave. "I won't cause any trouble for you. It's good to have more people to help. I will also protect myself and will never increase your workload. You don't have to take special care of me. Just treat me as one of those fellow villagers who come to help."
Lan Tian hesitated for a while, then finally nodded gently, "Then you must protect yourself. You can't go in when we need to support the pillars later."
Zhou Sese nodded, "Okay."
But after a small explosion, the entire mountain trembled faintly. Zhou Guosheng quickly said, "The mine's bearing capacity has reached its limit. We can't continue blasting. Someone must go in and install hydraulic supports first."
Lan Tian nodded, "How to do it specifically?"
Zhou Guosheng walked over carefully and took a look at the blasting hole, then fell into deep thought. "It's too small. An adult can't get in to install it."
He called Lan Tian over to take a look.
Lan Tian was thinking about the smallest subordinate. Before he could figure out the candidate, Zhou Sese suddenly appeared behind them. "How about letting me try?"
Before Lan Tian could refuse, Zhou Guosheng shook his head righteously, "No, it's very dangerous. Besides, you're just a little girl and don't have much strength. You absolutely cannot go in."
Zhou Guosheng admitted it.
He is selfish.
He didn't want Zhou Sese to go in because it was really dangerous inside.
Moreover, the danger inside is unknown, and he has no way to contact the trapped miners. All they are doing now is to cross the river by feeling the stones and take one step at a time.
Zhou Sese smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm very strong. I will be able to help after I go in. Just let me in."
Before Lan Tian wanted to say anything, Zhou Sese assured him, "I will definitely come out safely."
Lan Tian finally nodded.
Zhou Guosheng sighed heavily, put on protective equipment for Zhou Sese himself, checked it over and over again, and then told Zhou Sese what to do after entering. Zhou Sese wrote it down one by one.
She went into the cave without hesitation.
Lan Tian stood up straight and saluted her. The soldiers behind him who were holding shovels and trying their best to rescue her also stopped what they were doing and saluted Zhou Sese.
Zhou Sese installed the pillars, and the others could finally start to break the mountain with great efforts.
Following the direction indicated by Zhou Guosheng, at around eight o'clock in the evening, they finally found signs of the workers under the brilliant light of hundreds of searchlights. However, the weather was not good and it started to rain.
A heavy rain made the rescue more difficult.
Deputy Battalion Commander Huang Wei rushed over, walked over to Lan Tian, and whispered, "We arrived at almost the same time as the local police and intercepted Sun Jianye and Wen Nuan. It turned out that Sun Jianye and Wen Nuan had Fu Chen as a hostage. They used the hostage as a threat to force us to let them go. At the last moment, in order to prevent the border map from falling into the hands of thieves, Fu Chen and Sun Jianye got into a fight and prevented Sun Jianye from boarding the plane. Fu Chen was stabbed five times by Sun Jianye and has been sent to the hospital with serious injuries, but Fu Chen got the border map back. Sun Jianye has been sent to the police station, and Wen Nuan ran away, but she didn't take anything with her."
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